doin the laundry

kindergarten couldn't be better. little miss avery enjoyed a day living life

as an apple farmer at a nearby orchard called riley's apple farm.

amongst other fun activities, one of the things she got do was the

laundry. she did it all from pumping the water to get started to

hanging her apron on the clothes line to dry.

here are some pics of her from start to finish...

my girl's a kindergartener

my girl avery started kindergarten last tuesday. we home school and

we met with our nature group for the first day of "school".

here's how it went...

awww... the kindergartner

reciting our monthly poem

(already a star student)

art

hanging from the bars

she called this the opossum

her first kindergarten wound

she got this swinging from a tree branch

to see more of my girls day you can go here.

happy school year from our school to yours.

autumn

by florence hoatson

yellow the bracken

golden the sheaves

rosy the apples

crimson the leaves

mist on the hillside

clouds grey and white

autumn, good morning!

summer, good night!

garrett's so cute

"garrett's so cute." this is what my girl avery

has been saying for the past few weeks.

everytime she says this my heart melts.

she loves this little guy who has come into

her world, takes all her toys, wears her

sunglasses, shoes, jewelry, clothes, etc,

and eats her markers to name a few, but

she loves this little fella and she thinks he's

cute and i love that. i hope that she always

feels this way about her little brother. i hope

that they are always friends. i hope that they

will always love each other. i have to agree

with her, he is pretty cute. take a look...

tooth fairy time

my girl avery lost her second tooth today.

we've been waiting for this little guy to come out

for a long time, so long that the new tooth

has already grown in behind it.

but, it's out and where excited for a visit from the

tooth fairy tonight. i remember when this little tooth

first appeared and i can't believe it's already been

replaced. my baby is growing up.

all i can say is bitter sweet.

i love these moments, but they happen so fast

that i already miss them.

dad + barbies = cuckoo

the other day we had some family play time.

little miss avery and i were enjoying styling our barbies

while the mister and the little fella played ball,

but somehow the mister ended up with one of the dolls

and this is what it led to...

some crazy styling

and wackiness

that just continued to get wackier.

we all had some good laughs and fun times,

but we might think twice next time the mister

tries to play barbies with us.

avery in wonderland

little miss avery attended a very, merry un-birthday- birthday party this past

weekend and met two very special guests. it was a super cute party and these two

kept all the kiddo's entertained, especially alice. she was great. she played

hide-and-seek, tag, fed the fish, toured the playroom and the girls bedroom and

pretty much did whatever the kiddo's wanted her to do. the mad hatter was

great too. though most of the kiddo's were afraid of him, he stayed in character

and kept the adults entertained while putting together a tea party.

it was a great party. here are some of my favorite pics...

all of the kiddo's were super excited for this arrival

this was so cool the mad hatter came walking down the street

and then came alice...

avery was in awe

alice was wondering if avery was part of the queen's court

sweet moments

the mad hatter

this is as close as avery would get to the mad hatter

she drank two of the "drink me" drinks and was

convinced that she was getting bigger

alice feeding the fish with girls

i just thought this was a funny picture of avery

and every party has to come to an end so avery says good-bye to alice

but, she will see her again. according to avery, alice

will be at her birthday party.

hmmm.... we'll see, maybe!

my ballerina girl

little miss avery had her second dance recital this past week.

here are a few of my favorite photos and the video...

(to see more of my favorite photos go here)

and now presenting little miss in the french can, can...